AMERICAN NOTES

FOR

GENERAL CIRCULATION,

SOCIETE

DU GÉOGRAPHIE

DE LYON

PRINTED BY FAIN AND THUNOT, 28, RUE RACINE.

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

TO THOSE FRIENDS OF MINE IN AMERICA,

WHO,

GIVING ME A WELCOME

I MUST EVER GRATEFULLY AND PROUDLY REMEMBER,

LEFT MY JUDGMENT FREE;

AND WHO,

LOVING THEIR COUNTRY, CAN BEAR THE TRUTH,

WHEN IT IS TOLD GOOD HUMOUREDLY,
AND IN A KIND SPIRIT.